Head tells AltPress: “We really wanted to go into what Korn does guitar-wise. We started getting ideas pretty quickly once we started going into bigger studios.

“It just went in that direction of the heavier sound – it’s the most intense Korn music in a long time, vocally.

“This album has more of that quiet-loud dynamic, but also sounds current. The whole band is pretty happy with it.”

He says the band kept live performance in mind while they were writing, and the result is a set of tracks that will work well on stage.

“The last record had good songs on it, but we only played like two or three of them live, because not all of them translated live,” he says.

“I can think of at least five that would be slammin’ in a set. I’d love to play at least four of them to push the new album.

“People have their memories of certain songs and they want to hear them when they come to see you live. My hope is that, as the word spreads that it’s a back-to-basics Korn album, the core fans will really like it and we can play more of the material live.

“You know what I would like to do? Maybe a short run of smaller places and play the new record in its entirety.”

Head adds: “We’ll be announcing the album title, song titles, release date and some new partnerships soon.”

Korn are on tour until September, including an appearance at this year’s Download festival.